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Post by Shane Powers on May 21, 2011 23:44:19 GMT -5
Two things really stood out to me in this game:
Everyone wanted Benry out SOOOOOOO god damn badly.
Everyone thought Parvati was their number one ally.
These were also the things that frustrated the hell out of me the entire game. I pretty much decided to side with Benry round one because I didn't want to go along with all that bull shit. Then the merge comes and I find that no one wants to vote out Parvati even though it was completely obvious that she had complete control of this game. So yeah, that was a rant I had about this game. I had fun even though this game pissed me off a lot. Nothing against you guys, you guys were brilliant.
Anyway, to you guys. I would you like you to discuss how the two things I outlined above changed your game. (did it help you, hurt you, how did you respond to this fact?)
Also, I like Gabe's idea, go back to the round that I got voted off and discuss your thought process when it all went down. Why did you vote me off? Who were you talking to? How did you think it would benefit you, etc...
Just a note on this, it's nothing personal, you guys made it to the end, so I can't fault you for making the move you did.
Finally, tell me something awesome about me, then tell me why you are more awesome than me. (this could be the tie breaker here because my vote is really undecided) (seriously make it awesome) (like really awesome) (I like saying awesome a lot) (do I say it too much?) (I should stop this now)
Anyway, congratulations and good luck!
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Post by Nathan "Nate" Gonzalez on May 22, 2011 0:01:44 GMT -5
Captain Awesome!  |
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Post by Gabiel Cade on May 22, 2011 0:40:39 GMT -5
Captain Awesome! best show |
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Post by Boo Bernis on May 22, 2011 1:15:40 GMT -5
Is that Shane?  |
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Post by Shane Powers on May 22, 2011 4:43:39 GMT -5
I hope so, Captain Awesome is pretty awesome, and I aspire to be pretty awesome.
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Post by Nathan "Nate" Gonzalez on May 22, 2011 11:55:58 GMT -5
Captain Awesome! best show Sucks theres only gonna be one more season  |
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Post by Ben "Benry" Henry on May 23, 2011 1:49:51 GMT -5
Thank you Shane! Two things really stood out to me in this game: Everyone wanted Benry out SOOOOOOO god damn badly. Everyone thought Parvati was their number one ally. Anyway, to you guys. I would you like you to discuss how the two things I outlined above changed your game. (did it help you, hurt you, how did you respond to this fact?) The first thing you outlined had a definite effect on my game and obviously helped shape it! lol. As I stated in my opening statement, I felt like everyone "cocked their guns" at me as soon as the game began. This game was very challenging and it feels great to survive through all the ammunition that came my way. The second thing you outlined was obviously going through so many people's heads during the game. (At least to those who were against her voting block) The only way I think the second thing outlined could hurt me is if that is used against me in final tribal as a way to praise Parvati's game. But as I played this game, I knew the relationship I had made with Parvati wasn't her complete priority - But I made it that when I took out Sally. It was a very important vote that would spring myself into the finals of this game. The relationship I had with Parvati was secret until it was unconquerable. She helped me make it past Final 12-11 when I was most in trouble and I returned the favor late in the game at final 7-6. I felt like we were the two biggest threats, and being former winners added fuel to the fire. The two things you highlighted are, I believe, two reasons why I deserve to win the game. I commend Parvati for being the one who had tons of people duped into thinking they were her number one ally, but compared to my game, it's much more "unethical." I didn't have to betray all the people to get by in this game. Throughout the merge she took the bullets while I didn't betray anyone. (Sans Boo once again  !) I took control of the game and had sway on each side. (The relationships with these two girls sitting next to me.) It's probable people think I'm foolish to take Parvati to the end with me, but the few reasons I did were: First, I knew she had pissed off quite a few people. The way you play the game and vote people out is PART of the game. I tried to avoid hurting people for the most part. Second, we became very good friends, and taking my closest friends to the end is something I always try to do. So that brings a bit of myself into how I play the game. Third and most importantly, I believe in the game that I played. Due to the enormous target I had on myself in this game, I believe that having made it to the end of the game once again (as well as gaining control halfway into the merge) makes me a deserving winner. I truly want to win and I am very proud of myself for having made it here, and hope that you can see how difficult this game was for me from the very very very start. That was hands down the craziest round for me in this game. It was truly the round where "hope" was restored in me. I had lost a lot of hope after losing a great deal of my allies. This round I changed my boot list like, 100 times. From Kelly to Ozzy to Boo to you, it kept changing. The vote came down to the last minutes before the deadline. When talking to you and Boo, I sensed something wrong. I was more trusting in you, but it was Boo who was acting "suspicious" to voting Kelly again. From my confessional: This round was the round where I truly got myself in the game. I got in good with both Nate & Candice. While I was still a taget for Nate, he definitely put it on hold. I had sent a message to both of them pleading my case about why I would be good to stick around. I told them both that Ashley and myself were votes they could come to if they ever needed to. (I had a feeling they would be in the hot seat very soon as they weren't part of the flock of people following Parv) I got through to them and they wanted to keep me around. (Candice took some convincing, but I gave her my word I wouldn't write her name down) Nate, Parvati, and myself got into a chat to discuss the vote. Those were my thoughts from the round you left. As you can see, we had planned to vote for Boo. It switched to you in the last minutes. Why? I'm kind of fuzzy on it, but I had no qualms doing so after hearing from Parvati who heard from Russell who heard from (lol) Ozzy that you guys were forming an alliance to vote me out. This is the round where my alliance with Parvati REALLY paid off. I went from the #1 target to a safe position with Parvati, Candice, and at the time..Nate. Also, since Boo was so against Parvati, I figured I could get in good with him in the next round despite us being "enemies" that round. I made it to the single digits where I was able to play off of the fact Parvati was "leading a cult"...and that I could rebel against her with Ashley/Candice/Boo. I don't believe I was ever in anyone's shadow. We respected one another in the game. Voting you out was also something that Nate had wanted for awhile, and since you were against me at that point, it was something that could help me get in better with him. YOU ARE AWESOME CUZ UR A FORMER WINNER LIKE ME =D WINNING A GAME IN THIS SERIES AINT A WALK IN THE PARK. BUT I'M MORE AWESOME CUZ I'VE NEVER BEEN VOTED OUT AND REACHED THE END OF THIS GAME TWICE. I'M THE MVP FIGHTING TO KEEP MY TITLE. I HOPE THE CAPS MADE THIS SEEM MORE AWESOME OF AN ANSWER THAN IT PROBABLY WAS.  THE NYAN CAT ADDS SOME FLAVOR. =] THANK YOU! |
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Post by Boo Bernis on May 23, 2011 3:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by Parvati Shallow on May 23, 2011 10:06:20 GMT -5
Hey, Shane! Those are the two things that probably stood out to me the most too. x; Ever since the beginning of the game, everyone wanted to take out people that were close to Benry before they got to him. Not being known that I was actually close with Benry and wanted to work with him later in the game, I played along with everyone. I told everyone that I wanted Benry & Co. out of the game. It was my strategy to control the people that wanted Benry and his people out, so that they felt working with me had it’s big positive at the end: booting Benry out. To the people that I felt were loyal to me, I spoke to them a great deal, to make sure that I knew they were with me and were still on board with a lot of the plans. Taking out Benry’s allies I think was a smart move for me because Benry’s a strong player and the more numbers I cut down for him getting down into the later parts of the game mean he would only have so much to work with. Chase, Sandra, Amanda = had to go. And I made sure that those three got the boot early on before anything got out of hand where I couldn’t find a way to bring in the masses anymore.
Besides liking Benry a lot, I knew that everyone “on my side” would want to target him before they ever wanted to turn on me. Which is why the round that Ozzy wanted to make that alliance with you guys came to my ear I had to put a stop to it, because it was way too early for that and it wouldn’t have helped my game. But yes. Keeping Benry in the game always kept the target off of me and kept my allies pushing for him and only him every round, instead of getting the ideas to get me out instead, and if I ever heard anything like that .. them wanting me out, I did what I could to make sure they were out next. So while keeping Benry around was personal because I like Shadow, it was also strategic in the sense where I kept my allies focused on him, all while advancing myself further in the game and making sure that I made it to the F3 seats.
I definitely think that since everyone thought I was there #1 ally, that it could harm me in getting votes right now to win this game. But like I’ve said, nothing I did was personal, they were game moves to get ahead. I may have been a complete bitch, totally backstabbed people, took advantage of players, etc .. but I did it to win the game and at the end of the day, that was the whole point the game was made .. for someone to win, no matter how or what they did to do it. Also, as I’ve mentioned already, Benry being a target since day #1 only helped me in this game and I took advantage of that. I kept him around as long as I could. When my allies would say, let’s vote him out this round, I would sway the vote onto someone else and try to give a better reason as to why the other person should go. I’m not saying I’m taking full responsibility as to why Benry is sitting here right now, but I did sway the votes off of him two or three times after the merge came, just so I could keep him around and keeping everyone gunning for him while I kept my game and the game in general under control and in my possession.
The round you left was so crazy, lmao. I remember Sally, Benry, Ashley, Nate, and Russell being online and I had got word that an alliance was being formed between you, Ozzy, Gabe, and Boo. I found this as the perfect opportunity to flip the vote onto one of you, and mainly you Shane. I did find you threatening in this game, because you were a past winner and also because you and I didn’t talk much game at all and I knew if you picked a side, it would have been with Benry, so therefore I didn’t have any pull with you. In order to make sure you left the game, I went and told Benry about you being apart of that alliance that was being made, that you four guys were all in a chat at that moment, 5 minutes before deadline to be exact! Benry was pissed off about that because he did think you were with him, so I got him to change the vote to you, and I told my allies to change the vote to you too, all within the last few moments of deadline. We pulled it off and you ended up leaving that round. That was probably the craziest round just because it was so close to the deadline and everyone was rushing to make votes and submit them.
Something awesome about you! Well, you were crazy *F U N* to do that posting challenge with, LOL. Posting “p” over and over for like, 2+ hours was a blast. And while we posted, it was fun to throw in little cheers here and there, LMAO. I guess what would just make me more awesome~ than you is that I managed to make it to the end of the game over you. But it takes a lot to be totally awesome in this awesome game because it was filled with super awesome people and everyone played awesome games .. so to say your more awesome than everyone else that’s also awesome, is an awesome feeling. Thanks, Shane! If you have anything else to ask, ask! ;)
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Post by Ashley Massaro on May 23, 2011 10:35:32 GMT -5
Hey Shane Two things really stood out to me in this game:
Everyone wanted Benry out SOOOOOOO god damn badly.
Everyone thought Parvati was their number one ally.
Anyway, to you guys. I would you like you to discuss how the two things I outlined above changed your game. (did it help you, hurt you, how did you respond to this fact?)Benry being targetted - At first I thought it was gonna hurt my game because everyone knew I was close to Benry and usually when you're being grouped with a bunch of people, you get voted out. As you can see, Chase fell victim to this. I was lucky that my tribe was able to win every immunity (except for one) because who knew what would happen. With Benry in the game, I knew people would target him over me. Parvati being everyone's #1 - I think this did help me out because she bascially did the dirty work, lol. I didn't have to backstab anyone because Parvati did it. I knew the power that she had and as I've stated before... at one stage she coulda easily taken me out. It's just funny how blind some people were even though they were told what was up. I was tight with Parvati but secretly I wanted her out at some point because I didn't believe she was 100% with me/us, like forreal. There was one moment where I had the chance to take her out but I didn't because I knew we could use her vote for the next rounds. Those two things did stand out but it was good for me as I was able to play under the radar instead of having a huge target on my back for the entire game. Also, I like Gabe's idea, go back to the round that I got voted off and discuss your thought process when it all went down. Why did you vote me off? Who were you talking to? How did you think it would benefit you, etc...The round you left I voted you because the vote was between you and Benry. I didn't have any relationship with you even tho we did vote in the minority the round Amanda left. It obviously benefited me because Benry was my #1 ally. That round was crazy and really messy. I almost self voted because I wasn't aware of the deadline. I remember being in a chat with Parvati & Benry but I was quiet throughout it because I was kinda annoyed that my vote was assumed. I didn't want to vote you or Boo and actually wanted to make a move but Benry didn't wanna take a risk. I understand since he was the one in danger. But yeah as I said, I voted you out because Russell sold you guys out and the rest is history. Finally, tell me something awesome about me, then tell me why you are more awesome than me. (this could be the tie breaker here because my vote is really undecided) (seriously make it awesome) (like really awesome) (I like saying awesome a lot) (do I say it too much?) (I should stop this now)Well since you've said awesome too much... all I could think of was  I think Awesom-o is much better than Captain Awesome jsyk!! Anywho you're awesome because you asked this really awesome question. Also the fact that your character is Shane who has awesome hair. I just wanna run my awesome hands into his awesome hair. Ummm moving on  You're awesome because you are a past winner and managed to make it to the jury. It really is an awesome achievement. I believe I am more awesome than you because I don't need a question asking people to tell me why I'm awesome You seem insecure about your awesome status but I KNOW I'm awesome. There's a difference  Also the fact that I am a Britney Spears fan and it is common knowledge that Britney fans are the definition of AWESOME. And I did outlast you so that has to count for being more awesome. |
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Post by Shane Powers on May 23, 2011 20:26:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the answers guys, I appreciate the speed with which you answered and the level of detail you gave.
I've made a decision, it was rather difficult but I've basically decided to go with my gut. The person I'm choosing, I felt, just played the best game. You all certainly deserve some credit for getting where you are, but I had to pick someone. What really stood out about my choice is that they had a real sense for the game, they knew what everyone was thinking, and where they all stood.
Either way, you all played a stellar game, shame that only one can win. Good luck, and I hope to play with you guys sometime in the future.
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!) I took control of the game and had sway on each side. (The relationships with these two girls sitting next to me.) It's probable people think I'm foolish to take Parvati to the end with me, but the few reasons I did were: First, I knew she had pissed off quite a few people. The way you play the game and vote people out is PART of the game. I tried to avoid hurting people for the most part. Second, we became very good friends, and taking my closest friends to the end is something I always try to do. So that brings a bit of myself into how I play the game. Third and most importantly, I believe in the game that I played.
You're awesome because you are a past winner and managed to make it to the jury. It really is an awesome achievement. 
Also the fact that I am a Britney Spears fan and it is common knowledge that Britney fans are the definition of AWESOME. And I did outlast you so that has to count for being more awesome.